Students of the Orange County Chabad Hebrew School, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, participated in a Chanukah contest. Students ages 5-7 made creative dreidels, and students ages 8-13 were challenged to invent a Chanukah-themed board or card game.
Debbie Gross, founder and director of the Crisis Center for Religious Women, a 20-year-old organization that provides emotional support and counseling to victims of abuse (including men, boys and girls) in Israel, was in South Florida last week to talk about abuse in the Jewish community and to reach out to Jewish schools to provide training for teachers and students.
Over the 8 days of Chanukah, Yeshiva students from Tzeirei Hashluchim of Tzfas will be visiting over 40 army bases in northern Israel, on the Lebanese and Syrian borders, bringing the light and joy of Chanukkah to the soldiers who are protecting our holy land on the front lines.
The acrid smell of burning dough filled the Muchnik home in Oxnard Shores on Sunday as the symbolic pieces of bread were intentionally charred in the oven to remind everyone that a piece of everything they make goes to God, according to Racheli Muchnik.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office said on Tuesday it will take another look at the mysterious death of 55-year old Howard Frank, a 770 beggar who owned a million-dollar photo collection.
Jon Voight, a longtime vocal Hollywood Republican, said he has some concerns about the Obama administration’s recent nuclear deal with Iran.
